EGYPT IN THE SATRAPIC DIVISION SYSTEM OF ACHAEMENID PERSIA

Abstract

The Egyptian Satrapy had the first-rate importance for Achaemenid Persia. Many important and wrinkled issues on the administrative policy and historical geography of the VI Satrapy were examined in the article, the elucidation of which has an important meaning for studying the history of Achaemenid Persia. Analysis of informations received from Herodotus and other ancient sources shows that Egypt had great economic and military importance to Persian Court. Тhe VI Satrapy was divided into four subdistricts: Egypt, Libya, Cyrene and Barca.